I’m not sure not exactly on the date, but we started most of our work with the sandpaper letters at the beginning of last year. We traced them with our fingers, and traced them in sand, like you are supposed to. But we also did rubbings like this (which I’m not sure is a Montessori-approved activity). You can see on the left, and the upper right, where C attempted to draw an e also!
I’m not sure not exactly on the date, but we started most of our work with the sandpaper letters at the beginning of last year. We traced them with our fingers, and traced them in sand, like you are supposed to. But we also did rubbings like this (which I’m not sure is a Montessori-approved activity). You can see on the left, and the upper right, where C attempted to draw an e also!